Pulkit, I don't have any experience with WinServer (strictly a Linux man), but if it works... Also, it was my understanding (last time I checked) that no one's maintaining the old jk connector code - possibly because your method is now the recommended way? I don't know.
Good luck! Daniel > -----Original Message----- > From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 6:29 PM > To: Tomcat Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from > ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat? > > Hi Daniel, > > Firstly, Thank you for your response. > > Secondly, I must confess that I failed to grasp some of it > due to my ignorance of Unix. I understood the overall idea > but found myself scared/hesitant in implementing it as I'm > using Win Server 2003. I'm a bit perplexed by the contents > you said I could add to workers2.properties as I was not > aware that fields were acceptable in such format. May be its > the type of connector you are using or maybe its just my lack > of experience/knowledge. > > I did find a soulution of ***sorts** which I would like to > share with all of you so that you may comment/bash on its > weaknesses/lamenesses thus helping me in finding a better one: > > *sigh* I just: > > a) Removed the "127.0.0.1 my.server.com" mapping from the > hosts file. > > b) Added another Virtual Host to my server.xml > file...resulting in something like this: > > <!-- Define the default virtual host --> > <Host name="localhost" ...> > <Listener > className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig" > > modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk- > apache-2.0.55.so" /> > </Host> > > <!-- Define the hack virtual host for external-facing-ip > requests> > <Host name="my.server.com" ...> > <Listener > className="org.apache.jk.config.ApacheConfig" > > modJk="c:/apps/apache/apache2/modules/mod_jk- > apache-2.0.55.so" /> > </Host> > > c) This happened to do the job, as now the file that Tomcat > was auto-generating for use by Apache had some lines that > accounted for the proper forwarding of external-facing-ip > requests as well :) These were not there earlier and the file > I speak of is "tomcat_home\conf\auto\mod_jk.conf" ) > > d) I still feel a bit jilted because my solution seems > repetitive...there are 2 virtual hosts that are located in > the exact same place and to top it off they have the same > listeners inside them. They are identical in every aspect. > I HAD tried entering <Alias>my.server.com</Alias> under the > localhost virtual-host but that did not seem to do the job... > so I settled for having this repitition. > > Do let me know of your thoughts on this... > > Cheers, > - Pulkit > > On 12/25/05, Daniel Blumenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've set up my system so that Apache handles all requests, and > > forwards to the servlet when the path is www.mysite.com/myservlet/*. > > > > Following are my installation notes. > > (note that there's a slightly newer version of the JK connector) > > > > % tar zxf jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-src-current.tar.gz > > % cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk2-2.0.2-src/jk/native2 > > % ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs > > % make > > % su > > % cp ../build/jk2/apache2/mod_jk2.so /usr/local/apache/modules % cp > > ../build/jk2/apache2/jkjni.so /usr/local/apache/modules > > > > make sure that httpd owns the apache directory > > > > tomcat/server.xml: make sure that the following connector > is uncommented: > > <Connector > className="org.apache.ajp.tomcat4.Ajp13Connector" port="8009" > > minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" acceptCount="10" debug="0"/> > > > > create a "workers2.properties" file in > /usr/local/apache/conf with the > > following contents: > > [logger] > > level=DEBUG > > [shm] > > file=/usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm > > size=1048576 > > [channel.socket:localhost:8009] > > info=Ajp13 forwarding over socket > > tomcatId=localhost:8009 > > [uri:/myservlet/*] > > context=/myservlet > > > > % touch /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm % chown httpd > > /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm % chgrp httpd > > /usr/local/apache/logs/jk2.shm > > > > add the following line to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: > > LoadModule jk2_module modules/mod_jk2.so > > > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Pulkit Singhal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 1:12 PM > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > Subject: Re: How to forward external-ip-facing requests from > > > ApacheHTTPServer to Tomcat? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thank you for the suggestion :) > > > I will give it a shot but I am really too deep into my > setup to be > > > doing any big changes or something new! So while I try to > google and > > > learn more about setting up mod_proxy, I would really > appreciate if > > > someone can tell me: > > > > > > How do I go about configuring apache to forward the > > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat through JK connector? > > > > > > This should be something pretty standard for anyone who has ever > > > moved Tomcat from a local testing env. (localhost) to a > production > > > env. (real ip) ...right? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > - Pulkit > > > > > > On 12/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > use mod_proxy, much easier, and in our tests has proven > to scale > > > > better, and you will wanna look for a directive called > > > > ProxyHostPreserve so that request.getServerName returns > the right > > > > name, then the IP address will be stored in x-forwarded-for > > > header in > > > > the HTTP request. > > > > > > > > Filip > > > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > > > > > I have successfully configured Apache to forward > requests to my > > > > > Tomcat instance. But it does so...only for requests whose IP > > > > > resolves to > > > > > 127.0.0.1 > > > > > > > > > > If I try to access a page through apache server (that's > > > actually on > > > > > tomcat) > > > > > with the outside-facing-ip of my computer it fails. > > > > > > > > > > For example: > > > > > 1) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:666/blah/serveMe.html"; > > > FAILS with > > > > a > > > > > 404 (apache does not forward properly) > > > > > > > > > > 2) URL: "http://12.34.56.78:8080/blah/serveMe.html"; > > > SUCCEEDS > > > > > (tomcat seems to be ok when it gets the request directly, > > > so it has > > > > > to > > > > be > > > > > a > > > > > forwarding failure by apache in the previous case) > > > > > > > > > > 3) URL: "http://my.domain.com:666/blah/serveMe.html"; > > > SUCCEEDS (I > > > > have > > > > > " > > > > > my.domain.com" mapped to "127.0.0.1" in my windows' > hosts file) > > > > > > > > > > 4) URL: "http://localhost:666/blah/serveMe.html"; > > > SUCCEEDS > > > > > > > > > > I think this happens because the 1st request (the one > with the > > > > > outside facing ip) is not forwarded to Tomcat by apache. > > > > > a) The apache error logs show that Apache is trying to > > > look for the > > > > > page in the wrong place > > > > > b) The access logs ofcourse show a 404 because it > can't find the > > > > > page to serve > > > > > > > > > > Now, I have read a few threads and been on a few forums and > > > > > apparently > > > > my > > > > > worker.properties file is supposed to be as simple as this: > > > > > ------------------------ > > > > > worker.list=ajp13 > > > > > worker.ajp13.port=8009 > > > > > worker.ajp13.host=my.domain.com > > > > > worker.ajp13.type=ajp13 > > > > > ----------------------- > > > > > > > > > > I also tried putting my outside-facing-ip and localhost > > > as values for " > > > > > worker.ajp13.host" but it didn't seem to make any > > > difference at all. > > > > > > > > > > In that case I must ask all of you: > > > > > Question 1: How do I go about configuring apache to > forward the > > > > > outside-facing-ip requests to Tomcat? If it is not done in > > > > > workers.properties...then where is it handled? > > > > > Question 2: Or am I wrong and it is actually handled by > > > > > workers.properties? > > > > > Even then, how? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance to all those who answer and all those > > > who take the > > > > time > > > > > to > > > > > read this. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > - Pulkit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
